Another date change
With all the activity over the weekend I forgot to journal that I had a letter from Endocrinology which started “we regret to inform you that we have had to cancel your appointment for the 28th September 2024 …” my heart sank “… we have rescheduled it for the 5th August 2024”! Hurrah!
That’s nearly two months sooner!
Now I am nervous – will they do what I need? How do I feel about having testosterone back after adjusting to life without it?
Actually, I feel bloody scared: I like the way I feel now and I don’t want it to change.
Why I had a short menopause
I suffer from migraines (and there are lots of possible reasons why I get them), so I follow the “The Mindful Migraine” blog.
The author has written a wonderful section on the menopause and migraines (opposite) and I think I understand why my personal experience of the menopause as a male-to-eunuch transion was much shorter than the female experience.
The answer is simple:
It’s because I’m not a woman!
Put simply, a woman’s periods gradually stutter out, and her hormones ebb and flow as it does, finally settling at a post-menopause level. When that happens, a woman usually doesn’t suffer further symptoms.
My hormones went from normal to near-zero over a few weeks. Following that my body entered a period of a few months as it adapted to low hormones – specifically low estrogen. It’s low estrogen that brings on the menopause symptoms, not low testosterone.
Don’t get me wrong: it was a very unpleasant experience, but one I’m glad that I have been through.
I still get flushes from time to time, and whilst they are uncomfortable, they do serve a purpose: I know they are a response to an anxiety – which is useful to somebody who struggles to read their own emotions!
Eunuchorn 
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